Entered Some Aliens by Siew Hii
“There is no version of this wherein I am given the time machine and do not destroy it,” writes Siew Hii in this wide-ranging collection that offers a poet’s perspective on what it means to be a queer Asian American in the American South. Exuding wit and profound insight, Hii’s is a voice that can elicit both laughter and sober reflection within the space of a few lines. In an explosion of different styles and formats, they deliver precise, cutting observations about self, family, and strangers.From taking aim at Hollywood’s representations of identity, to exploring the meaning and dynamics of family, to describing their adopted home of Florida through a set of formally explosive poems, Hii makes sense of an unjust and absurd world, all the while exhibiting genuine curiosity and humor. Entered Some Aliens offers rare and powerful insight into feeling out of place and out of time.
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If the House
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Sleep Journeys
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Replica
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Creature in Bloom
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The Golden Coin
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Reactor
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The Apollonia Poems
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Psalms
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At Some Point
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World of Dew
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Blood Harmony
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Midwhistle
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Interstitial Archaeology
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Water Guest
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Salvage
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Rich Wife
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Surveille
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What Sex Is Death?
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Cowboy Park
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Season of the Second Thought
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About Crows
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Girl's Guide to Leaving
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Dear Terror, Dear Splendor
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Perigee
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House of Sparrows
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American Sex Tape
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Queen in Blue
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The Low End of Higher Things
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Partially Excited States
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You, Beast
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Conditions of the Wounded
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The Explosive Expert's Wife
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Fractures
“Hii bends time and space, entering objects, ghosts, and trees (not to mention God’s DMs) to rewrite inherited expectations and name our human hungers” - Rochelle Hurt
“To read these poems is to have a zany, inventive, and heartrending conversation with a fellow galaxy roamer, and to know that in that conversation’s exquisite quirks lives the truest meaning of the word home.” - Sumita Chakraborty
“Woke up mumbling poems from this extraordinary collection that subverts subjuncts. A dynamic revelation. These poems stretch the page, stretch structure, syntax, our collective imagination.” - Nabila Lovelace
Siew Hii is a teacher and writer from Mobile, Alabama, who now lives in Orlando, Florida. Their parents hail from Sibu, Malaysia, and Kentucky, USA. Hii has also lived in Mississippi and North Carolina, where they completed their university studies.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780299356347 |
| ISBN 10 | 0299356345 |
| Title | Entered Some Aliens |
| Author | Siew Hii |
| Series | Wisconsin Poetry Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Year published | 2026-03-24 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |